FOOD AND MARKETS.
CANADA'S USEFUL GIFT.
SEIZURE OF PROVISIONS.
BRITAIN'S TRADE .RETURNS.
London, August 10.
The first instalment of the gift of wheat being sent by Canada arrived to-day.
The Colonial Secretary, Mr. Lewis Harcourt, in accepting the wheat, said the country did so with deep gratitude. It would N help in steadying prices and in relieving distress.
"We will not forget Canada's promptitude and generosity," said the Minister.
The House of Commons has passed a Bill through all its stages authorising the Board of Trade to seize foodstuffs unreasonably withheld from the markets.
British imports last month decreased in value £2,399,891; exports £2,758,828 and re-exports £485,427, as compared with the previous July.
The Bishop of London, at an intercession service, suggested that nobody in Britain ought to exceed two meals daily.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15685, 12 August 1914, Page 8
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